本文例举了一些GRE Argument题型的题目的提纲,希望通过这些范例,帮助大家在平时自己复习过程中也学着列作文提纲。
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题目题材:生产
题目:
The following appeared in a memo from the new vice president of Sartorian, a company that manufactures men's clothing.
"Five years ago, at a time when we had difficulties in obtaining reliable supplies of high-quality wool fabric, we discontinued production of our deluxe alpaca overcoats. Now that we have a new fabric supplier(1), we should resume production(5). This coat should sell very well: since we have not offered an alpaca overcoat for five years and since our major competitor no longer makes an alpaca overcoat(2), there will be pent-up customer demand. Also, since the price of most types of clothing has risen in each of the past five years(3,6), customers should be willing to pay significantly higher prices for alpaca overcoats than they did five years ago(4), and our company profits will increase(7)."
提纲:
(1)The author fails to substantiate the assumption that the new fabric supplier will be a reliable supplier of alpaca, and fails to provide any information about the quality of the fabric they supply.
(2)The fact that competitor stopped making alpaca coats may just indicate diminishing consumer demand for them.
(3)Other factors may change during the past five years.
(4)The assumption that consumers will be willing to pay significant higher prices for alpaca overcoats is unwarranted.
(5)The author fails to consider the possible cost of resuming production.
(6)The fact that clothing prices have been steadily increasing for five years suggests that consumers might have less disposable income for purchasing items such as alpaca coats.
(7)The memo's claim that the company's overall profits would increase thereby is unwarranted.
注:题目中括号里的数字表明这句话体现的是提纲中第几号缺陷。
无论是GRE Issue还是GRE Argument,考生都应该养成写提纲的习惯。这种提纲式的GREe写作练习可以帮助考生锻炼写作的逻辑性。
